Patents by Inventor Michael A. Cummins
Michael A. Cummins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20120277783Abstract: A reinforced dilatation balloon, and a method of making, wherein the balloon includes a balloon body having a continuous polymer tube (e.g., generally cylindrical) having a proximal end, a distal end, and an external surface, and a tubular fiber reinforcing sleeve thermally bonded along the length of the sleeve to at least a portion of the external surface of the balloon body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Michael Cummins, Gerard Hession
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Publication number: 20120150267Abstract: Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator in fluid communication with the supply lumen and configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the target site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.lInventors: Naomi Buckley, Michael Cummins, Danny Donovan, Luke Hughes, Brian Kelly, Gary Kelly, Grace Kelly, John Kelly, Micheal Moriarty, Karun D. Naga, Fiachra Sweeney, Vincenzo Tilotta, Ronan Wood, Lana Woolley, Denise Zarins, Mark S. Leung, Mark Gelfand, Barry Mullins
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Publication number: 20120136418Abstract: Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator in fluid communication with the supply lumen and configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the target site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.lInventors: Naomi Buckley, Benjamin J. Clark, Michael Cummins, Danny Donovan, Luke Hughes, Brian Kelly, Gary Kelly, Grace Kelly, John Kelly, Seamus Ledwith, Gwenda McMullin, Karun D. Naga, Stephen Nash, Eric Ryba, Fiachra Sweeney, Vincenzo Tilotta, Roman Turovskiy, Lana Woolley, Denise Zarins, Mark Gelfand, Mark S. Leung, Barry Mullins
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Publication number: 20120136344Abstract: Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator in fluid communication with the supply lumen and configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the target site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.Inventors: Naomi Buckley, Benjamin J. Clark, Michael Cummins, Danny Donovan, Luke Hughes, Brian Kelly, Gary Kelly, Grace Kelly, John Kelly, Gwenda McMullin, Karun D. Naga, Stephen Nash, Eric Ryba, Fiachra Sweeney, Vincenzo Tilotta, Lana Woolley, Denise Zarins, Mark Gelfand, Mark S. Leung, Barry Mullins
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Publication number: 20120136417Abstract: Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator in fluid communication with the supply lumen and configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the target site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.lInventors: Naomi Buckley, Benjamin J. Clark, Michael Cummins, Danny Donovan, Luke Hughes, Brian Kelly, Gary Kelly, Grace Kelly, John Kelly, Seamus Ledwith, Gwenda McMullin, Karun D. Naga, Stephen Nash, Francesco Piccagli, Eric Ryba, Fiachra Sweeney, Vincenzo Tilotta, Roman Turovskiy, Lana Woolley, Denise Zarins, Mark Gelfand, Mark S. Leung, Barry Mullins
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Publication number: 20120130360Abstract: Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator in fluid communication with the supply lumen and configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the target site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.Inventors: Naomi Buckley, Benjamin J. Clark, Michael Cummins, Danny Donovan, Luke Hughes, Brian Kelly, Gary Kelly, Grace Kelly, John Kelly, Gwenda McMullin, Karun D. Naga, Stephen Nash, Eric Ryba, Fiachra Sweeney, Vincenzo Tilotta, Roman Turovskiy, Lana Woolley, Denise Zarins, Mark Gelfand, Mark S. Leung, Barry Mullins, Michael Turovskiy
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Patent number: 7912641Abstract: A vehicular monitoring system is configured to acquire GPS position data and vehicular operating data, write the data to a file, and detect and utilize public wireless communication (e.g., 802.11x/WiFi) Internet access points to communicate the file containing the acquired GPS position data and vehicular operating data to a remote computer. Compressed diagnostic data sets and reduced latency wireless transmissions are utilized to facilitate communication.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: MTS Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Edward Osentoski, Michael A Cummins, Vijay Padmanabhan, Michael Joseph Grattan, John Charles Zlater, Paul Anthony Krasicky, Aaron Robertson Harris
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Publication number: 20090254113Abstract: The present invention provides a zero-fold dilatation balloon that includes a balloon body having a proximal end and a distal end and at least one ridge at the proximal end and at least one ridge at the distal end in an inflated state, wherein the balloon body between the ridges comprises a continuous polymer tube with an external surface having a hydrophilic coating thereon, and further wherein the balloon has a uniform profile along its entire length in a deflated state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Nolan, Michael Cummins
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Publication number: 20090234282Abstract: A balloon catheter having an improved profile by placing the proximal balloon neck inside the outer catheter shaft. This outer catheter shaft to balloon neck joint allows for a smaller outer diameter at the joint between the outer catheter shaft and the balloon, thus providing a reduced catheter profile with improved crossability, trackability and stiffness. The balloon may be a no-fold balloon having a uniform wall thickness, a uniform inner diameter, and a uniform outer diameter along its full length in an unexpanded configuration. A balloon with such uniform dimensions provides for a more flexible balloon by eliminating the thicker neck and taper portions of the balloon. Further, the no-fold aspect of the balloon reduces the profile of the balloon catheter thus resulting in improved crossability and trackability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2008Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Eamonn McAndrew, John Geraghty, Michael Cummins
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Publication number: 20070294033Abstract: A vehicular monitoring system is configured to acquire GPS position data and vehicular operating data, write the data to a file, and detect and utilize public wireless communication (e.g., 802.11x/WiFi) Internet access points to communicate the file containing the acquired GPS position data and vehicular operating data to a remote computer. Compressed diagnostic data sets and reduced latency wireless transmissions are utilized to facilitate communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: MTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Lawrence E. Osentoski, Michael A. Cummins, Vijay Padmanabhan, Michael J. Grattan, John C. Zlater, Paul A. Krasicky, Aaron R. Harris
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Publication number: 20070288359Abstract: Systems, methods, computer programming, and graphical user interfaces adapted for enabling creditors to provide prospective debtors with multiple credit opportunities and the ability to act on them, either separately or in various combinations. The credit opportunities may be identified using, in whole or in part, consideration of financial histories of the prospective debtors with the creditor making the plurality of credit offers, and/or the financial history(ies) of the prospective debtors with other creditors.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Inventors: Susan Amadio, Theresa Breen, Steve Chan, Paula Christiaans, Carole Cooper, Michael Cummins, Greg Fedyk, Glen Giacomelli, Craig Kimber, Angela Nyhuis, Daniel Ostler, Ashish Pandita
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Publication number: 20060175739Abstract: A mold for forming a balloon of a balloon catheter including a body portion defining a body region of a mold cavity and distal and proximal end caps defining tapering regions and neck regions of the mold cavity. During the molding process, the mold cavity is visible from an exterior surface of the body portion, which is transparent or translucent. The distal and proximal end caps are metal and can be precision machined in the tapering and neck regions of the mold cavity in order to achieve more accurate molded balloon dimensions. Also disclosed is a method for making a balloon of a balloon catheter using the mold and a balloon made therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2005Publication date: August 10, 2006Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Gerard Hession, Donagh O'Shaughnessy, Gerry Clarke, Seamus Ledwith, Michael Cummins, Noel Quinn, Ashish Varma
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Patent number: 7068017Abstract: An arrangement is provided for supplying electrical energy to a load from a direct electrical energy converter that optimizes converter power generation efficiency. The arrangement for optimizing converter power generation efficiency includes an impedance transformation circuit coupled between the energy converter and load for regulating current delivered by the energy converter so as to maximize power delivered to the load.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2003Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: DaimlerChrysler CorporationInventors: Christopher A Willner, Michael Cummins
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Publication number: 20050052165Abstract: An arrangement is provided for supplying electrical energy to a load from a direct electrical energy converter that optimizes converter power generation efficiency. The arrangement for optimizing converter power generation efficiency includes an impedance transformation circuit coupled between the energy converter and load for regulating current delivered by the energy converter so as to maximize power delivered to the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2003Publication date: March 10, 2005Inventors: Christopher Willner, Michael Cummins
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Patent number: 6770983Abstract: An apparatus and method for delivering power from a D.C. voltage source to one or more D.C. loads rated at lower voltages. The invention provides for the repetitive application of the higher D.C. voltage to the loads for a predetermined time period sufficient for the load to operate yet not too long to ensure that the load will not be damaged. To implement the invention, a clock signal provides the time reference for separate slots allocated for the time periods associated with each of the loads. A user selectively enables or interrupts the repetitive connection to each of one of the loads. The rate of repetition of the connection of the high voltage source could vary from 60 to 200 Hertz, preferably without degrading the operation of typical loads.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2001Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Fabtech, Inc.Inventors: Michael Cummins, Mario Magrone
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Patent number: 4776231Abstract: In an adjustable automobile mirror system of either the manual type or a three-cable operated type including a mirror anchored to a mirror retainer whose position is adjustable relative to a mirror housing, the improved mounting of the mirror retainer upon the mirror housing which comprises a part-spherical head upon the housing and a pivot block having a socket movably mounted upon the head. Resilient detents on the mirror retainer receive and retainingly engage the pivot block for movements therewith. One detent is manually yieldable to facilitate selective assembly of the mirror retainer on and disassembly from the pivot block.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1987Date of Patent: October 11, 1988Assignee: NI Industries, Inc.Inventors: Michael Cummins, James M. Cummins, Raymond A. Theys
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Patent number: 4640142Abstract: In an adjustable automobile mirror system of either the manual type or a three-cable operated type including a mirror anchored to a mirror retainer whose position is adjustable relative to a mirror housing, the improved mounting of the mirror retainer upon the mirror housing which comprises a part-spherical head upon the housing and a pivot block having a socket movably mounted upon the head. Resilient detents on the mirror retainer receive and retainingly engage the pivot block for movements therewith. One detent is manually yieldable to facilitate selective assembly of the mirror retainer on and disassembly from the pivot block.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1983Date of Patent: February 3, 1987Assignee: NI Industries, Inc.Inventors: Michael Cummins, James M. Cummins, Raymond A. Theys
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Patent number: 4552506Abstract: A mechanism for opening a vehicle closure such as a deck lid or hood is positioned at a work station such as a paint booth and includes interconnected gripper and floating arms mounted for rotary movement between a parked position, a pick-up position and a full-open position corresponding to an open position of the closure. The closure is utilized as a member of a four-bar linkage. Arm control linkage provides a two-stage harmonic motion including smooth acceleration and deceleration of the closure after a gripper mechanism mounted on the free end of the gripper arm has received the closure at the pick-up position. A fixture is mounted on the closure for engagement by a pair of opposing fingers of the gripper mechanism. Gripper control linkage is connected to the arm control linkage to open and close the fingers of the gripper mechanism in synchronism with the motion of the gripper arm. A system utilizing the opener mechanism includes a hydraulic power supply and a manifold assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1984Date of Patent: November 12, 1985Assignee: GMFanuc Robotics CorporationInventors: Michael A. Cummins, Thomas M. Powell